Characteristics of Algae

Question 1

What are Algae and where do they live?

Answer 1

Algae are photosynthetic

live in:
1 streams
2 ponds
3 lakes
4 swamps
5 oceans all around the world 
6 Damp tree trunks 
7 Moist soil 

EX. stringy green filaments in a pond. giant brown seaweed on beach, green material in fish tanks

Question 2

Where do Algae MUST live?

Answer 2

In a source of WATER

Question 3

Unlike land plants, what do Algae lack?

Answer 3

Lack an INTERNAL SYSTEM of tubes to move WATER and MATERIALS from one part of plant to another

Question 4

What do the WATER in which algae lives in do for them?

Answer 4

WATER bathes their CELLS with:

1. Carbon dioxide
2. Oxygen
3. Nutrients

carries away wastes produced by cells

Question 5

Algae can either be ______ or ________

Answer 5

1. unicellular

2. multicellular

Question 6

Most algae are ______

Answer 6

unicellular

Ex. giant kelp can grow to more than 60m in length

Question 7

What do cells of all Algae have?

Answer 7

a CELL WALL

Question 8

What 3 are characteristics Algae never develops that are found in land plants?

Answer 8

1. root
2. stem
3. Leaf structures

Question 9

What type of chlorophyll does all Algae contain?

Answer 9

Chlorophyll a

Question 10

How do many of species of algae reproduce?

Answer 10

Have COMPLICATED reproductive cycle

stages of SEXUAL reproduction alternates with stages of ASEXUAL reproduction

Question 11

What 2 Kingdoms are algae place in?

Answer 11

unicellular = Kingdom Protista 
multicellular = Kingdom Plantae